Canada’s telecommunications regulator today issued a ruling upholding the right of major telcos and cable providers to manage the traffic of its Internet customers, but requiring the wholesale providers to give wholesale customers 60 days notice and forbidding them from throttling video conferencing without the government’s permission. […]
In a press release the Commission […] urges ISPs to increase the capacity of their networks.
Steve Anderson, national co-ordinator of SaveOurNet.ca, a coalition of groups insisting that Internet service providers treat all traffic without discrimination called the decision a « pretty much weak approach to maintaining net neutrality. »
« They’re not saying (ISPs) have to stop discriminatory throttling » of traffic, Anderson said. Not everything in the ruling is disappointing, he added. Consumers can still complain to the CRTC that an ISP practice has violated the commission’s guidelines. In that way, « it’s a small step in the right direction, » he said […]
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